This page aims to help you remove PUA.Wasmcoinminer “Virus”. Our removal instructions work for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer, as well as every version of Windows.

If you are dealing with PUA.Wasmcoinminer “Virus” then you are dealing with a rogue coinminer.

If all of your browser apps have started the production of far too many ads (pop-ups/ banners) or their usual homepages and search engines have been substituted with some unfamiliar ones, and if all of them have launched some redirection to unknown web pages, it is possible that your PC has gotten infected by one particular version of a browser hijacker. Its name is PUA.Wasmcoinminer, and it might affect all of the most popular browser apps, such as Chrome/ Explorer/ Opera or Firefox, and the less widespread ones as well.

What do we mean by stating that a program is “a browser hijacker”?

All of the browser hijackers we know of are actually programs with all of the following traits: each one of them could modify the settings and the appearance of the programs you use to browse the web with. Such consequences could awfully annoy you – all the ad campaigns coming or the usual homepage/ search engine may indeed be quite annoying and might occur in case of an infection caused by a program like PUA.Wasmcoinminer. The probable redirection processes that result from the infection with PUA.Wasmcoinminer may really be very disturbing because the displayed web pages might be totally unknown or appear very suspicious. What’s more, you may not really approve of the newly-established homepages and/or search engines your browser apps may start displaying. Generally, the way in which such a hijacker could affect your PC is harmless. However, you might feel really irritated sometimes – the fact that makes such programs so unwanted and infamous.

As a kind of a browser hijacker, this product has never been associated with any version of malware at all. Here is an illustration: any common representative of Ransomware, for example, is capable of getting self-installed on your PC, and after that it can access your data storage spaces and encode all the essential data you keep there. These malicious effects are very improbable when it comes to an infection rendered by any version of a browser hijacker.

Inside, press CTRL and F together and type the threat’s Name. Right click and delete any entries you find with a similar name. If they don’t show up this way, go manually to these directories and delete/uninstall them:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—–Random Directory. It could be any one of them – ask us if you can’t discern which ones are malicious. HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—-Windows—CurrentVersion—Run– Random HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—Internet Explorer—-Main—- Random

Nevertheless, why are most hijackers so annoying? All the irritating modifications PUA.Wasmcoinminer may lead to are legal as a whole, and may result into no actual damage for you or your system. Its creators have set all hijackers to simply promote new homepages, search engines, products, services, etc. The activity of merely advertising something has never been considered malicious itself, nor has it ever been illegal in any way. Nonetheless, the flow of pop-ups and banners may indeed be overwhelming you in the process of surfing the Internet. Despite that, none of these facts are even close to what we consider traits of real malicious threats. Actually, the reason why developers create such hijackers is that by using them for the promotion of services and products, they can earn large profits.

If PUA.Wasmcoinminer is not really dangerous, how has your system ended up infected?

PUA.Wasmcoinminer might come from many different sources. All torrents or shareware-distributing websites might have it as a component, and as soon as you load or download anything from there, you could give PUA.Wasmcoinminer your indirect permission to get installed on your personal computer. Furthermore, it may be hiding inside a software bundle. However, remember that the simple act of downloading any bundle can’t infect your PC with an ad-producing piece. Getting it installed in the least suitable way, though, could lead to contamination. But what does ‘a program bundle’ mean and what is the right way to install one? In general, a program bundle is the mixture of some free programs (apps/ games), gathered and distributed usually for free. The only sensible way of having such a bundle installed on your PC (or any separate program from it) is to never grant your permission for the entire content of such a bundle to get incorporated into your computer. The installation feature that guarantees the opportunity to opt in and out of bundle components and their corresponding unwanted features is the Customized one (also commonly labeled as Advanced). Always select it for the proper completion of any ongoing installation process.

We should also point out the installation options you can’t afford to opt for, provided that you need to keep your system hijacker-free. Typically, they are the ‘Recommended’, ‘Easy’, ‘Typical’ or ‘Default’ features. Don’t select any of those!

The tips to follow so as to remove such a hijacker:

Carefully read and implement the Removal Guide instructions that we have shared with you just below.

SUMMARY:

Name

PUA.Wasmcoinminer

Type

Coinminer/Browser Hijacker

Danger Level

Medium (nowhere near threats like Ransomware, but still a security risk)

Symptoms

Some changes of your browsers such as ad production and/or page redirection.